Baseball: The sun is out, so it’s play ball time

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The weather is crisp and clear, which means baseball will take place on Monday.

The best game _ and it’s only a scrimmage _ will take place at North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake’s home field in Encino. The Wolverines will be playing Foothill League favorite Valencia in a 3 p.m. scrimmage.

Harvard-Westlake’s highly touted junior pitcher, Lucas Giolito, is scheduled to throw one inning. Valencia is loaded with quality hitters, and the question about the Vikings is do they have enough quality pitching to compete with the big boys?

Valencia’s lineup is imposing, with the likes of Trey Williams, Shane Zeile, James Bonds, Alex Bishop and Quincy Quintero.

-- Eric Sondheimer